Morose

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu

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EARTH 257 - 8:30 AM Nov. 14th, 2021 - the Blue

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Angel's Aerie

Update sections are organized roughly by combatants...

Maria vs Hercules

Maria would manage to drain Hercules' life-force, but not his powers. His strength was gradually beginning to abandon the son of Zeus, someone who really wasn't known for his intelligence - someone with the subtly of a hammer in situations that required a carefully wielded scalpel. Maria managed to kick Hercules off of her, her godlike strength sending Hercules crashing into one of the structure's support beams.

The building's structure had already become unstable from earlier - and Hercules, even with his life force sapped, was still a beefy man. And he had been thrown at the beam with the powers of a god.

The entire structure came crashing down.

Maria would find herself pinned underneath a bunch of rubble, with one broken piece of wood imbedding itself in her stomach.

Cass and Matt vs Mr. Knight/Moon Knight -

Cass had managed to distract Moon Knight, although he had blocked her blows, but it was enough for Matt to roll out of the way and retrieve one of Moon Knight's weapons, using it expertly. Unfortunately, Moon Knight seemed really good at blocking. "You're light on your feet, huh, señor?" Moon Knight asked Matt. His accent was completely different - before, it had been distinctly British, and now, it seemed much more Guatemalan. Matt and Cass would both manage to identify the accent, thanks to their years of work on special ops teams. "Let's dance," Moon Knight invited, before pressing his attack again.

He threw a crescent shaped dagger at Cass, missing her. He went to kick Matt in the knees, aiming to cripple him, but Matt would manage to dodge the attack. Moon Knight swung a dagger at Matt, but Matt would manage to block it with his own weapon. Maybe their luck was beginning to change - maybe they'd manage to defeat this weirdo.

And then the roof fell down on top of them and the house collapsed.

Moon Knight was unscathed, thanks to his weird suit. Cass ended up being buried alive, badly bruised and concussed, but nothing was broken (due to her skin, basically). Matt would come to near the top of the rubble, able to free himself readily, but bleeding from his forehead.

Rogue and Gambit vs the Scarlet Scarab

The fight was definitely getting interesting here. The Scarlet Scarab managed to knock Gambit unconscious, and she was using her feathers as shields essentially as Rogue used all of her strength to try to beat the girl into submission. Their fight was interrupted however with the house collapsing on top of them. Rogue scooped up Gambit and managed to fly up and out of the rubble, escaping with no injuries. She left the Scarlet Scarab behind, unconscious, buried alive.

Amelia vs Aero

These two were perhaps lucky. They weren't inside the Aerie when it collapsed, simply not built for a full on superhero brawl. But on the other hand, they had just fallen off of the side of the mountain, heading for a painful drop. "I can't reach you!" Amelia shouted, her hand extended as she fell, trying to grab onto her counterpart to save her. Her mind was scrambled and confused, but Amelia was still Amelia - she was still the person who would jump straight into danger to save people, even if she was convinced they were a weird doppelgänger/clone/imposter.

Aero had been caught off guard, her eyes wide. "You're fucking mad, now we're both going to die!" she shouted, but she reached her hand out to Amelia all the same. She didn't have her glider on her at the moment, the thing that allowed her to surf on air currents. Their best hope would be to find some way to slow their descent, and do their best to avoid being impaled on a tree or something.

"If you're me, then there's no bloody way we're dying like this!" Amelia shouted. "Now come on, if we combine our power, we'll not just survive - we'll have a fucking blast doing it."

Aero stared at her for a moment, before breaking out into laughter. "Fuck mate, you really are me, huh?"

And so, the Amelias managed to grab onto each other. They held hands and spread their bodies out, looking a bit like two flying squirrels almost, and began to manipulate the air currents around them - doing their best to propel themselves back up to the top of the mountain - or to any solid ground they could, really.

Everyone Else vs Luminous Basically

Luminous was unconscious (and rather crispy). Oliver's hand will be a bit burned from having punched someone who was on fire, but compared to his other injuries, it was understandable he hadn't quite noticed that one yet. "What the hell, Sparks!" Raynor shouted, his body twitching ever so slightly as an after effect of the lightning. She shocked him enough that it was a small miracle he hadn't developed some sort of heart condition - even for an Asgardian, electricity coursing through one's body was hardly ideal. He had thought she was just angry at Niah, but now it seemed she was pissed at him too? Well, actually, that was definitely understandable... The more he thought about it, the more he thought he knew why she had attacked him.

"I get it, you fucking hate me right now, but would you stop with the electricity?!" Raynor asked. "It's like being around fucking Thor sometimes, I swear..." he muttered under his breath. He didn't often miss his uncle. His uncle had been a rather gassy individual, and had an unfortunate habit of shocking everyone with lightning in his vicinity upon passing gas. From what Raynor knew, that had been a problem relatively unique to 257-Thor. But still, he hadn't felt the need to seek out the god of thunder on Earth-666 for that reason.

"Luminous pos-"

Bonnie's explanation of what had happened to Sparky was interrupted, rather rudely, by the Aerie collapsing around them. Luminous shockingly would end up on top of the rubble once the dust had settled, unscathed, aside from her pre-existing injuries. Raynor similarly would be completely fine and not at all buried. As would Niah and Sparky. Bonnie, Oliver, and Flynn were the unlucky ones.

Flynn's legs would be broken, the bone sticking out of his left leg, while the right one was a little better. Additionally, he would be buried under the rubble. Oliver would end up right next to Flynn, a piece of wood having gone straight through Oliver's chest, missing vital organs but still - not an ideal position to be in.

Bonnie had the worst luck of all. Although she wasn't buried under the rubble, an iron bar went through her head, killing her instantly.

She was dead.

Very dead.

And then her arm moved, and Bonnie pulled the iron bar out of her head, tossing it down on the ground next to her.

For your reference

• Cass - Cass will not like the idea of going to Genosha. She will begin to privately contemplate how best to destroy the nation.
• Maria - A twisted emotion will dawn upon Maria. She will recall that her dear little sister, Kristina, is on Genosha. Alive and well. Happy, even. Safe. She never died.
• Niah - Niah will suddenly feel an extreme urge to be near Oliver, but unlike their natural connection, this one... this one tastes much more co-dependent - like Harley Quinn's desire for the Joker. Weird, right?
• Sparky - N/A
• Bonnie - An immense sense of danger and urgency will overtake her, almost beyond the point of rationality. She will not go to Genosha. She will not go seek refuge with those who killed her parents. The only reason she would go to Genosha would be for revenge, to assassinate its leaders.
• Matt - Matt will suddenly feel an overwhelming obsession to solve a series of murders occurring all over Europe. He suspects Oliver as the killer, but has never been able to obtain any evidence.
• Oliver - Oliver will have a wonderful idea pop into his mind, one that he won't be able to quite shake no matter how much he tries. What if he killed Raynor? (Yes, I did roll for who he would target lol).
• Amelia - Amelia will feel her connection to the rest of the group severed, as if she never knew them, as if they weren't her friends. She will recall another group of friends, a group of vigilantes who defend the Blue.
• Raynor - N/A
• Flynn - Flynn will have a horrible realization dawn upon him. He got a flatscan pregnant. Whenever he looks at Bonnie, or honestly any of the other humans in the group, he will feel a deep sense of revulsion and rage.

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Megan Pendragon

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Location: Atlantica
Skills: N/A

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Megan could tell that King Arthur and Queen Guinevere - no, her parents - were happy that her memories had returned to her. While Megan now felt differently about them, it was still going to take her some time to integrate her life in Camelot with her life in Kansas into one cohesive sense of self. She didn't know in the moment if she felt more like a Medical Examiner or a Princess - both seemed almost right, but not quite. But at the moment, this wasn't going to be the place where she could grapple with those questions. No, they had come all of this way to Atlantica for a reason. They had found the two sets of Kings and Queens, as well as a bonus in the form of Jack's mother.

"How do you encourage the sharks to actually devour them? Shark attacks are rather uncommon," Megan asked. She had watched Shark Week a few times - one of the many perks of suffering from insomnia. And as a lover of murder, she was familiar with cold cases where people debated if sharks could've been responsible for the deaths. "Do you prick them first to cause them to bleed? Dress them in some sort of special food to make them more appetizing?" Megan inquired.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

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Location: Camp Half-blood: Beach
Skills: N/A

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Nancy wasn't able to focus on the Demetri side of this conversation anymore. Her chest felt tight and her hands incredibly cold. Zeke's words sounded distant to her. She could see his lips moving but she couldn't really make out what he was saying. She could hear him, but nothing was processing. He might have been reciting a recipe for how to make spaghetti or describing the intricate way he would like to salsa dance with a dragon one day, and she wouldn't have had a clue. Her ears were ringing and each breath felt incredibly difficult. Nancy wasn't even aware of what she said - it felt like some sort of foreign entity was moving her mouth, forcing words out through her lips. "I don't need you to save me," Nancy said. She didn't remember that even seconds after the words left her mouth.

CW: Sexual Assault Flashback

Her vision blurred out and then there she was, fully immersed in the traumatic flashback of that night. THE NIGHT. The night that she had dreamt about for a year straight. The one that Lupa, the wolf goddess, had warned against revisiting - that there was nothing else there for Nancy. But the one she couldn't help but return back to back then. Over and over again. She could still feel the buzz of alcohol in her head, and something else - something that made everything feel distant and fuzzy, close but far simultaneously. She didn't know that her drink had been spiked - but it had been all the same. She had trusted these boys. They were her friends - they liked all the same songs and played the same games in the arcade. They had taken her back up to the suite they shared, those four boys. They were going to watch a movie, they said.

Nancy hadn't even gotten any popcorn before it started. Before there was a hand on the inside of her thigh. Another person grabbed her by the shoulders, holding her down on the couch. A gag was shoved into her mouth. There was the flash of a camera. All she could remember hearing was the blaring horns of studios intro playing on the TV, the sound of buzzing in her ears, as she tried to scream for help. Her clothes were forced off of her. Her friends told her to calm down, that this was fun, that she owed them. The sound of the movie got louder and louder in her ears, until it was deafening, and then...

POP!

Her friends' heads exploded, covering Nancy and the suite in their blood.

In the real world, Nancy started to scream. It wasn't a scream of anger - it wasn't her screaming at Zeke, furious at him. It was a scream of terror, of pure fear. Nancy's control over sound went overboard again, dirt and sand flying up around her, the force of the waves causing Zeke to stumble backwards.

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🌈 Leda Storm 🌈

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Location: Camp Half-blood: Big House
Skills: N/A

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"Damn, Rosie is just popping them out lately, huh?" Leda commented, whistling a bit. It was probably not a good sign that Rosie had issued another prophecy. That put them at four prophecies, four quests (she assumed the new prophecy had a quest attached to it). One prophecy was already enough to set people on edge, but with the current atmosphere up in Olympus, four was definitely a bad sign. Things might have already gotten worse. But Leda didn't want to worry Kiera about that. So she didn't share her concern that they were already too late to fix things, that the fourth prophecy was a sign that things were going to go terribly wrong.

No, she wanted to have a nice time with her girlfriend, killing monsters - and babysitting the tiny Hades spawn accompanying them.

It was very cute, seeing the two little kids hug each other. Jason's question to Kiera was almost indecipherable - his accent was incredibly thick at times. But Leda was more or less used to it, being a Brit herself and having been to Ireland on more than one occasion. Of course, she didn't know much about the prophecy, just the little tidbit that Kiera had given. She sighed slightly. They were going to have to wait for everyone before they left, weren't they? And everyone else seemed to be taking an eternity to get ready.

What If?

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Guinevere Stark

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Guin had just been minding her own business, doing her very best to save the day. She hadn't been able to claw her own eyes out, which was disappointing as she could feel her hold on the switch weakening. She didn't know how far away she could get from her own body before snapping back, like a rubberband that had been forced too far away - or would she instead get so far away from her body that she'd be trapped forever as Sabretooth, Rapist Supreme? Guin tried not to barf at the thought. It helped somewhat that the next thing she knew, she had been punched in the chest. She stumbled backwards, bewildered as she saw Cass - and the annoying British bitch - in front of her. Damn it. Guin had wanted to get Sabretooth away from people she cared about, not introduce him to others in the area.

"Mate, I don't think that's Sabretooth," the British git said. Guin noticed her pull out some sort of fancy blade.

"Wow, give her a fucking metal, you can recognize a simple case of possession. Now I'm going to run away from here, so you don't get skewered. And by you, I mean you Cass. I could care less about Doctor Who over here and how she turns out," Guin said, feeling a little strange hearing Sabretooth's voice but her words. She then turned around, spotting a building, and decided that it was unlikely for Sabretooth to run into any other friends of hers up there. She scrambled her way up the building with some difficulty, making it up to the roof. She then realized she didn't really have a plan for what to do next...

So Guin took a running leap, trying to make it to the next building - she made it about halfway, before gravity took its toll and she plummeted down to the ground, making a gigantic crater - and more importantly, screaming loudly and making a TON of noise in the process. "FUCK!!!!!!!"

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Jade Cornish

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Jade raised an eyebrow, a little bit impressed (well, more of amused) with the progress 'Sabretooth' had made in scaling up the building. It was like an uncoordinated squirrel had suddenly replaced the ruthless killer. Not that she was complaining. She knew that she could take Sabretooth out in a fight, but she didn't relish the idea of fighting him. Her angel blade and wits she was confident would be enough to best him - though she also conceded she'd likely get heavily scarred in the process.

Less than a minute later, when Sabretooth was out of sight, Jade then heard a LOUD crash - and the sound of Sabretooth screaming "FUCK" at the top of his lungs. Jade sighed. "So much for stealth. C'mon, luv, let's get out of here before the entire Brotherhood shows up to see what happened," Jade advised. "Is there a quick access to the sewers nearby?" she asked. She figured Cass would know, having lived in those tunnels for a while now. But if not, Jade was confident she would spot one soon enough.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Runa Baldurdattir & Guin Stark

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Location: New York City Defenders HQ
Skills: Asgardian Magic, Darkness Manipulation and Telepathy

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That was part of the trouble of her powers - Guin couldn't really control or protect her own body. So when Frenzy managed to throw off the switch, Guin was basically vulnerable to attack, her own body having not really moved much. The next thing Guin knew, Frenzy had her by the throat. She couldn't breathe, her windpipe crushed as she struggled, trying to breathe desperately. Help!!!!! Guin screamed to Pietro mentally. Her heart was pounding desperately, as every fiber of Guin's being really how very close to being killed she was.

Then, her body was slammed into the ground, and Guin wasn't even aware of the small crater formed. All she felt was immense pain. A few of her ribs were broken and she was heavily bruised. It could've been oh so much worse - but it still hurt like hell. Oww... Help... Guin croaked out to Pietro mentally. She barely registered a flash of green light knocking Frenzy out of the way, keeping her from actually being murdered. "I think my ribs are broken..." she admitted to Lance. Her body ached as he helped her up to her feet. Moving wasn't fun. Breathing hurt like hell, her diaphragm pushing on her ribs. "Go after the bitch who tried to kill me."

Meanwhile, Runa couldn't help but be annoyed by Strange's nonchalant attitude about all of this. Her friends weren't exactly very durable and these attackers seemed to be nothing but durable. Plus, a moment later, an intense pain started to surge through Runa's body, courtesy of Phantazia. "Mewling witch!" Runa cursed, before focusing her energies for her next round of moves. She decided to first get rid of some of the other players, focusing through the pain going through her body. She teleported Pyro away, hoping to put him into the ocean, but managing to put him in a puddle down the street. She teleported Phantazia into the doorway, having instead wanting to put her in a volcano.

It seemed like whatever Phantazia had done, it had impacted Runa's powers - her aim wasn't at precise when it came to her magic. That or perhaps Strange had put up some sort of enchantments to lessen the impact of magic that was not his own in his space. Either way, Runa then sent out a blast of darkness, hitting Frenzy and knocking her backwards. Meanwhile, Guin used her telepathy, knocking Nekra out and slowing Frenzy down.

The Gifted - Concluded

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@Nallore@BlueSky44@Achronum@Trainerblue192@Kirah

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Genosha: August 3rd, 2021 - 11:50 AM

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Veil & Casper & Sunshine

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Location: Various
Skills: Mediumship

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The Green Lagoon / the Astral Plane...

David thought for a moment, trying to recall all of the souls he had seen. He'd seen his own soul before. And then the others. They tended to make themselves known. There had been a moment where he had been trapped inside of his own head, seeing them all. He counted those as souls. "At least... twenty seven?" Legion guessed. "I'm not really good at math," he then admitted.

David then tilted his head, thinking about what Harry had said - about how he was worried, since his sister was really guarded. "Well... I don't like going into people's heads, but I could always tell you what she thinks," David offered, looking uncomfortable even as he suggested it. Going into people's heads was something his dad did. David never wanted to do that. But he wanted to help Harry, and it was one way that he could do that.

The Green Lagoon...

Veil snorted slightly at Callie's idea of using her powers on Madrox. "He's already a crybaby, I'm not sure even your powers could do much to change that," Veil quipped. She did not like Madrox at all. He was an annoyingly boring man who everyone seemed to obsess over, acting like he was god's gift to women. It was like seeing a popular RomCom in theaters, but the leading man was just a wet blanket.

She did pause from her thoughts about Jamie Madrox to consider what Callie was suggesting. It wasn't a bad idea. She knew that Genosha had been using the Marauders to bring mutants back to Genosha, but the Mutant Underground Network was already established. They had their own Underground Railroad, now with a destination that could - with the exception of the recent tragedy - keep mutants safe. And Veil liked that they'd be taking Xavier's power away from him - that his ego would take a hit. "Think of what the Underground could do with Genosha's resources, too," Veil pointed out. "Half of our time had been devoted to just finding food to eat, think of all the mutants we could have helped if we had our basic needs met."

"Well, I'm not making any money," Blob said, before bursting out into a full belly laugh. "Not that anyone else is here. I can't help but overhear, y'all are going to New Orleans? I could use a way to work out my feelings if you need anyone squished."

Veil glanced at Callie - and then past her, to where she could see Sunshine and Marrow making out in a corner, and her brother still standing eerily still with Legion. "We'd be happy to have you, Blob. How are you at graverobbing?"

Akademos...

"Ooo, is that Penderyn Whiskey?!" Pixie squealed, her eyes lighting up as she accepted the glass. "If you keep these coming, we can talk about whatever you want," she joked, before taking a sip. She smiled, her eyes closing for a moment. She was Welsh and while she loved Genosha, she missed her home in Wales at time. This drink happened to take her back there, at least in her head. "Also, let's get sushi. I'm starving. You can make sushi appear, right? My food magic is rubbish."

Outside the Hospital...

Casper was relieved when they made it to the hospital - a new one for him, he tended to not really like going to places like this, doctors weren't usually a fan of Casper's life choices. But as they were here, it meant that they could get little Daniel Elliot checked out, and also that there would be a doctor there making sure that Casper hadn't already ruined everything. A stray thought then popped into his mind - it had been a while since he had gotten a new tattoo, but he wanted to get one. Something of James and Daniel - of his own little family.

"Hey, we know he's not a vampire now," Casper joked slightly about the phone. "So... I'm not the best at, like, asking to see a doctor for things or picking up things at the hospital... I tend to not really be conscious for this part, more used to waking up and being told hey man, you can't OD in here or whatever it is doctors say so... Can you take the lead?" Casper asked sheepishly.

Basically, Casper, the person who never shut up, was uncomfortable at the idea of talking to whoever was at the front desk of the hospital. The world was a strange place.

The Rebuilt House of M...

Magneto returned all of the flying metal bits back to the ground, before gliding down there as well himself, his cape flowing dramatically behind him. "You are my ward - my child, by adoption but my child all the same - so I expect to be informed as to how you were able to summon a winged horse of legend," Magneto said simply. "Just who are you, Valkyrie?" He then paused for a moment. "You both did well. However, you lack focus when it comes to accomplishing your tasks. You made many unneeded moves that wasted your time and power. Learning to communicate with one another better will serve you well. The humans will not go as easy on you as I did."

Blackstone...

It might have been Jack's imagination, but it would look to him like the portraits on the walls of Selene were watching him. As he moved, their eyes would move to follow him. There was something on the walls that wasn't a portrait, however. There was a conspicuously placed bookcase, filled with dusty books. Well, almost all of them were dusty. There was one area void of dust, as if one book was routinely pulled off. This definitely won't remind him of a secret passageway in a mansion, nope not at all...

From upstairs, Selene's voice would come drifting down.

"Honestly, Jumbo, I appreciate your work but I don't think you can outdo my couture. I have perfected the sexy vampire queen look over the millennia. Since time immemorial, I have slayed."

A man's voice - a bit high pitched - replied. "It is a stunning look, but isn't it, well...? It's been done before, girl. It's time to mix it up, to wow us again. No one should be sleeping on your look at the Gala!"

"Hmph. If you were a virgin, you would be in a volcano right now," Selene complained. "And get me an earl grey to drink, will you? Either the tea or a grey-haired earl, I'm not picky."

"I'm a fashion designer, not your butler."

"And?"

Hellfire Bay...

Renegade hadn't always been good at "responsibility" or "showing up on time" or "not leaving work to go get drunk." It had been one of Magneto's largest complaints back when she had joined the Brotherhood. Rules weren't really her style - she preferred to go with the flow. She got things done when she got things done. But in old age, Renegade had gotten a bit more responsible - at least, enough that she thought for a moment before she...

Wait, nope, she didn't think about it at all. "God, yes," Renegade said. "Later, bitches," she then said, throwing up a peace sign as her way of saying goodbye to the others she had been working with. She then glanced at the kid.

"Later, bitches!" Mongoose repeated, waving at the telekinetics. "What's bitches mean?" she then asked Miranda.

OOC Note - the Ritual

You can use a magic ritual of three to attempt mutant resurrection, provided you can recover their body. You will only be able to bring back one mutant at this time. At the conclusion of the RP, you may attempt to resurrect other mutants. (I will say that not everyone will be resurrect-able, so you'll have about 2-3 resurrections allotted to you.)

Select who you would like to attempt resurrection on and let me know on the Discord - I think the easiest thing to do would be to collab the resurrection ritual and post it as the 'end' of this chapter.

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Megan Pendragon

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Location: Atlantica
Skills: N/A

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Megan seemingly spaced out for a moment, but inside her head, it was like a gate had been thrown open. An onslaught of memories rushed through her head. She remembered being fit for armor with the Pendragon crest as a small child, with Guinevere and Arthur, no, her parents standing by her; she remembered training with a knight... Lancelot; she remembered seeing her parents arguing in their room, with Lancelot, and mentions of her name being thrown around. Her name. She realized she did actually have a second name. Her name had been Megan Mordred Pendragon, Princess of Camelot. As Megan came to, she couldn't help but feel disoriented. She remembered her life here now. Ten years of her life, two fifths of her life, returned to her.

Her father asked her what had happened; her parents looked worried. The guard returned, saying it was time for the King and Queen to see them. Moments ago, Megan would have brushed off the concern from Guinevere and Arthur - she hadn't known them moments ago. But now, she remembered being their daughter - she remembered growing up in this world. She remembered that even though she hadn't been the classic princess, they had supported her and cared for her anyways. "Oh, just a rush of memories - probably repressed or something either by years of therapy telling me that Camelot wasn't real or Merlin's magic, take your pick," Megan said casually. "S'pose we ought to go in, though. Do you think they use a guillotine here for state executions?"

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu

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EARTH 257 - 8:20 AM Nov. 14th, 2021 - the Blue

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Angel's Aerie

Update sections are organized roughly by combatants...

Cass and Matt vs Mr. Knight/Moon Knight -

"Bloody hell, that's frigid!" Mr. Knight protested, stumbling backwards as Cass struck him twice. He looked a little confused by the things that Matt and Cass were saying. "I don't know the details of your love life, bloke, but as for things not making sense - that's par for the course for me. Nothing ever makes sense," Mr. Knight admitted. Suddenly, Mr. Knight shifted in his stance and posture. He looked much more confident now, but also relaxed. His costume changed as well, looking like the wraps of a mummy, with a long dramatic white cape.

Cass had her blizzard hiding her, but Matt didn't. Moon Knight threw a crescent shaped blade at Matt, the blade missing and embedding itself in the wall behind him. But Moon Knight didn't stop at just that, this wasn't the same "I'll wait for my turn" individual from moments ago. Moon Knight rushed forward, swinging punch after punch at Matt, in a violent boxer's stance. Matt could block the majority of them, but even the force colliding against him from the block would leave a bruise. And the last one, a finishing blow, would knock Matt onto the ground, breaking his nose in the process.

Moon Knight didn't let up, raising his foot up to try to stomp in Matt's face.

Oliver v Captain America

While Oliver may not know biology (and neither does our dear GM), it would turn out the main symptoms from the severing of the Achilles tendon were, according to the Mayo Clinic, extreme swelling above the ankle, the feeling of being kicked in the calf, an inability to bend the foot or push off of it or stand on the toes of that foot, and a dramatic popping/snapping sound during the injury. In short, Captain America would be in EXTREME pain from the injury, but as long as he kept off of the afflicted leg, he could still fight. So, in true Captain America fashion, as Oliver spat on him with blood, Cap wiped the blood off of his face. He used his hands and good leg to push himself up off of the ground, his injured leg limp. Sweat was pouring down Cap's face and he spat on the ground in turn.

"I can do this all day," he told Oliver. Captain America then pressed a button on the inside of his glove, his jetpack thrusters activating and launching himself at Oliver like a cannonball. Oliver would, shockingly(?), manage to dodge this.

Maria vs Hercules

Maria managed to absorb the godlike strength of Hercules - the very strength that, in a Disney rendition of the story, had made Hercules one of Greece's best heroes. Thank her lucky stars. Hercules managed to pull himself back up to his feet. He looked at Maria, impressed. "Another empusa then," he commented, comparing her to a Greek vampire. "If you have my power, then this should be fun," Hercules said, chuckling ever so slightly, before tackling Maria to the ground and beginning to wrestle her.

Is it a brilliant plan somehow, to wrestle someone who can take your powers away with skin-to-skin contact? Is Hercules perhaps not as smart as everyone thought...?

Rogue and Gambit vs the Scarlet Scarab

The fight here was beginning to shift its favor ever so slightly. Every time Rogue went to try to absorb the powers and life force of the Scarlet Scarab, the vague outline of a hippo appeared around Scarab. The aura was so powerful that Rogue wasn't able to get through to use her powers - only Gambit's cards seemed to be able to cut on through. As it stood, the Scarlet Scarab was holding her own with surprising ease.

Amelia vs Aero

In this fight, however, there was a definite change. The pair had ended up going outside, fighting on essentially the edge before a sharp drop down the mountain - something that, had her mind not been so scrambled, would have been eerily familiar to Amelia. "You ain't gonna admit you're not the real Amelia, are ya?" Amelia asked, sending a spinning ball of air in the direction of Aero, in an attempt to knock Aero off her balance.

Aero jumped up, landing on the sphere and dissipating it. "You aren't going to either, mate, so don't act so shocked - we're in a stalemate," Aero said, before kicking up little 'stairs' of air almost, just controlled bursts beneath her feet, and making her way up onto the roof of the Aerie.

"So what now then? Are we just going to kill each other?" Amelia asked, doing the same exact move at the same time - as if the pair of them were synchronized.

"I'm not a killer. I don't know about you lot, though," Aero said, before swinging a punch at Amelia, hitting Amelia in the gut. Amelia stumbled backwards, blasting air behind her to keep herself from falling off of the roof, managing to find her balance again. Aero then charged forward at her and Amelia paused, waiting for the last second before leaping to the side - fully expecting Aero to just land on the ground below - but instead, she saw Aero fall over the edge, beginning to tumble down the mountain.

And in that moment, it didn't matter to Amelia who this person was or what was going on. Amelia was a hero. And heroes saved people.

Amelia jumped, diving after her double.

Everyone Else vs Luminous Basically

Fire may not have killed Luminous, but it was one hell of a distraction. The next thing Raynor knew, he was back inside of Angel's Aerie, kneeling on the ground with tears in his eyes. He sniffled slightly, rapidly trying to calm his emotions - to regain his sense of control, the mask that he hid behind in order to seem strong, not fragile or broken. But instead of feeling calm, he was horrified. He came to just in time to see Sparky try to murder Niah. He didn't see the silver hue to Sparky's eyes. He had no clue that Sparky was possessed. To him, it was like Sparky had actually snapped and gone evil, deciding that killing Niah was going to make her feel better.

"What the fuck happened between you two?" Raynor shouted, oblivious to the obvious answer (again, he rolled a 1) that Luminous was behind this. So instead of focusing on Luminous, Raynor blasted Sparky with a beam of light, blinding her and causing her to go crashing to the ground. He didn't know what Niah had done, but he figured it had to have been something. "Niah, what did you do?!"

"It wasn't Niah!" Bonnie snapped, irritated with Raynor's complete lack of situational awareness or ability to read context clues. Flynn had told her that there weren't really any runes or wards they could use, but that OMEN had fought witches with iron. She didn't know if iron would work against Luminous - if Luminous and Wanda were the sort of witches that iron would work against - but it was as good a strategy as any. Her eyes darted around the room and she spotted a candlestick base that looked to be made out of iron.

A speedster with all of their wits about them would have just run around really fast to get rid of the flames, but Luminous was ON FIRE and not thinking clearly. So, she did what any person would do - she stopped, dropped, and rolled. But that didn't seem to be working as well as it could have been. It was like the flames refused to be put out. Luminous' voice would then appear in Flynn's mind: Douse the flames!!!

Sparky, unfortunately, was still firmly under Luminous' control. In her mind, everyone she was facing was a villain she had seen before. And she would be convinced that all of these villains wanted one thing - to kill Sparky's infant daughter.

Note - this is a one-time command issued by Luminous to Flynn; not a full trance like what Sparky is experiencing

For your reference

• Cass - Cass will not like the idea of going to Genosha. She will begin to privately contemplate how best to destroy the nation.
• Maria - A twisted emotion will dawn upon Maria. She will recall that her dear little sister, Kristina, is on Genosha. Alive and well. Happy, even. Safe. She never died.
• Niah - Niah will suddenly feel an extreme urge to be near Oliver, but unlike their natural connection, this one... this one tastes much more co-dependent - like Harley Quinn's desire for the Joker. Weird, right?
• Sparky - N/A
• Bonnie - An immense sense of danger and urgency will overtake her, almost beyond the point of rationality. She will not go to Genosha. She will not go seek refuge with those who killed her parents. The only reason she would go to Genosha would be for revenge, to assassinate its leaders.
• Matt - Matt will suddenly feel an overwhelming obsession to solve a series of murders occurring all over Europe. He suspects Oliver as the killer, but has never been able to obtain any evidence.
• Oliver - Oliver will have a wonderful idea pop into his mind, one that he won't be able to quite shake no matter how much he tries. What if he killed Raynor? (Yes, I did roll for who he would target lol).
• Amelia - Amelia will feel her connection to the rest of the group severed, as if she never knew them, as if they weren't her friends. She will recall another group of friends, a group of vigilantes who defend the Blue.
• Raynor - N/A
• Flynn - Flynn will have a horrible realization dawn upon him. He got a flatscan pregnant. Whenever he looks at Bonnie, or honestly any of the other humans in the group, he will feel a deep sense of revulsion and rage.

What If?

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Jade Cornish

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Jade nodded, a bit astounded by their luck so far. No one had really noticed them, the current group of incompetent thugs more or less walking right past them. Of course, it wasn't like she and Cassandra were unskilled - Jade considered herself to be exceptional at hiding and stealth, due to her many careers, and she was certain that Cassandra had to be at least average. She paused besides Cass once they had moved forward enough, getting a good look ahead. There was an entrance of sorts, a gate that was heavily guarded. She narrowed her eyes, examining its defenses. "Standard super strength blokes," she murmured to Cass. "And some sort of psychic... The tall woman's Frenzy."

She then looked for a vulnerable entrance specifically, but didn't find any beyond the main gate. She couldn't help but wonder though if there were tunnels that could take them inside of Magneto's fortress - if they absolutely had to do the aboveground route. The surviving X-Men had been living in the tunnels for so long, she had to imagine they'd investigated it - but then again, she had imagined they had done a lot of things that it turned out they hadn't. "I don't see an opening. Might be worth seeing if there's a below ground route," she whispered to Cass. "For now, we should pull back."

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Guinevere Stark

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Any other moment, Guin would have complained that she wasn't dumb enough to run back to the base, that she had been surviving in this hellish YA-fantasy dystopia of New York City for longer than he had been. But Sabretooth had found them, thanks to his irritatingly good sense of smell, and had clawed Guin, throwing her against the wall. Her body was aching and she managed to catch her breath, as Ed used his magic to start flaying Sabretooth. "Don't miss," Guin told Ed, before rushing forward. It helped that Ed had Sabretooth occupied for the moment, as Guin managed to reach out and touch Sabretooth - Sabretooth, of course, clawing her in the process and Guin yelped in pain - and then...

Switch. Guin opened her eyes, finding herself in the hulking form of Victor Creed. "Ugh, I feel gross... It's me, by the way. I'm going to run from here as far as I can, you should drag me along and try to keep Sabretooth from fucking up my body," Guin said to Ed in Sabretooth's body, before taking off at a run. As she ran, she tried to muster up the courage to rip out her own eyeballs, but even in Sabretooth's body she was scared of that pain. The best she managed to do was scratch her eyes, screaming in pain - as Sabretooth - but at least managing to get several blocks away, putting distance between Sabretooth and Edus. She just hoped Sabretooth wouldn't do any lasting damage to her body...

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

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Location: Camp Half-blood: Beach
Skills: N/A

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Nancy had lost her voice for a moment, when she tried to say what had happened to her in the Lotus Hotel, how she had been able to come to her senses when very few people managed to do so. But on the subject of Zeke's beau and Apollo, Nancy managed to find her voice again. "How the hell have I been tearing into him? I don't know him! I don't care! And are you really fucking jealous of what I talked to Apollo about? Because it WASN'T FOR ME! I DIDN'T ASK FOR A FAVOR FOR ME! IF YOU HAD EVEN STOPPED TO THINK, YOU MIGHT HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT!" Nancy screeched, her face red. She couldn't say what she had asked Apollo for - what she had talked to him about. She had asked for him to speak to her godly sibling about a cure for Mads, a means to undo Jupiter's curse. If Jupiter found out Apollo was meddling in his curse, the consequences could be dire...

She wasn't moved by his declaration that he would burn down the Lotus Hotel. If it had come from Mads or Niah, she might have been; but from Zeke, it just felt like pity - like he was playing the role of the savior, of the hero who rescued the poor damsel in distress. "Why would you want to burn down that grody ass place? Why would you even care?!" Nancy asked, her hands shaking - sometimes, her hands were open, at other times, her palms were clenched into fists.

Truthfully though, she didn't want Zeke going in there unprepared. There was a reason he was one of the only Greeks that Nancy gave a damn about - one of the few children of Apollo she considered to actually be a sibling. It was so hard though for her to think about the Lotus Hotel. Her mind had wanted to block the entire thing out of her head. Some of the memories she had managed to block out - or they had just become so faded from her time in the hotel. "I - I don't know how it starts," Nancy then admitted, her voice breaking. "I-I remember running away from home, going inside because it was always so hot in Vegas, planning on pickpocketing enough cash to take a bus to Hollywood... And then it's all a blur... Until... Until the night... That... I can't talk about this. I can't. I can't I can't I can't."

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🌈 Leda Storm 🌈

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Location: Camp Half-blood: the Arena -> Big House
Skills: N/A

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Leda misunderstood Cassian for a second, thinking that he was calling her a kid of the big three, and she was about to correct him before she realized what he had meant. She snorted slightly. "Again, kid, your time will come," Leda assured him. "And 'course I will. Wouldn't miss the post-saving the world celebrations." She then left fully, making her way over to the Big House just in time to see her girlfriend emerge. Leda returned Kiera's hug and kiss, grinning at her. "Nah, you weren't gone nearly long enough for me to miss ya," she teased.

"Ooo, are they in trouble?" Leda asked, very curious as to what Chiron could want with Kristin and Janelle. She could only hope that they were in trouble for something - it would probably do both of them good. Although, come to think of it, Janelle would be an excellent troublemaking partner - people would never suspect the blind girl. Leda made a mental note to talk to Janelle about helping her out with some pranks around Camp after the quest. There was a lot of potential there to tap into.

"Eh, ready to go already," Leda told Kristin with a shrug. She had to resist the urge to roll her eyes. She never liked Kristin much. Small talk was annoying enough.